Appendix B - UC Berkeley Linguistics

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Appendix B: Partial table of data for languages for which paradigm and tone information are available (sample (b)) Language

Guthrie

SP Tone

OP Tone

Examined

Number

Contrast

Contrast

Kp!"#

n/a

y

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

D25

mo (H)

mo (L)

Holoholo

D28

(followed

Bila

D32

n/a

South-Rombo

E60

Mashami Mochi

2pl OP

3sg OP

SP Ambigui ty

OP Ambigui ty

A53

n/a

n/a

n

n/a

Vove (Pove)

B305/B22c

Babole

C101

y

n/a

n

n/a

y

n/a

n

Lega

n/a

y

y

n

n (because of tone)

y

y

n/a

n

n/a

kù- -éní

mu (L)

n

E60

mu (L)

mu (H)

n

E62a

mu (L)

mu (H)

n

mu by H)

16

mu (followed by L)

n (because of tone)

n (because of tone)

n

n/a

n

n

y

n

n (because of tone)

y

n

n (because of tone)

n

n

y (but only on 2pl)

y (but only

North-Rombo

E62c

kù- -éní

mu (L)

n

Dawida

E74a

mu

mu (L)

n

y

n

n (because of tone)

Sukuma

F21

m, mu$

n, mu$

y

y

n

y?

Rimi

F32

mu%

mu%

n

n

y

y

Mbungwe

F34

m&/va

va

y

y

n

y

Yaka

H31

lu

n, m

n/a

n/a

n

y?

on 2pl)

Luyana

K31

mi

mu

y

y?

n (because of tone)

n

Dciriku

K332

mu (HH)

mu (L)

n

y

n

n (because of tone)

Bangubangu

L20 (ETH)16

lu (H)

mu (L)

y

y

n (because of tone)

n

Bemba

M42

mu

mu (followed by

(followed

N)

n/a

y

n

n (because of tone)

Guthrie numbers were taken from Maho (2003) whenever possible; I used Ethnologue (Gordon 2005) data when I could not locate the language name in Maho. These entries are marked (ETH).

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by L) Tonga

M64

mu (D)

mu (N)

y

y

n (because of tone)

n (because of tone)

Northern Sotho

N30

le

mo,m

y

n/a

n (because of tone)

n

Matuumbi

P13

mu'

mu'

n

n

n

y

n

n

y

y

mu

n

n

n

y

Yao

P21

mu

Makonde

P23

mu

mu (young children only)

Umbundu

R11

ku, (v)u

u

y

n

y

Sommer: y

Kwanyama

R21

mu (H)

mu (L)

n

y

n

n (because of tone)

Mbalanhu

R214

mu (H)

mu (H)

n

n

y

y

Ndonga

R22

mu (L)

mu (H)

n

y

n

n (because of tone)

n

y

y

n; Elderkin

Herero

R31

mu

mu

Yeyi

R41

ni (L)

mu (L)

n

y

n

n

Shona

S10

(w/dialect

mu

n

n

n

n

Korekore

S11

ku- -yi

mu

n

n

n

n

Venda

S21

ni(

mu

y

y

n (because of tone)

n

Southern Sotho

S31E

li(

m&)

y

y

n (because of tone)

n

n

y; Doke n

n

(y)?

ku- -í variation)

n; Doke: y

Xhosa

S41

ni

m

Swati

S43

ni

m(u)

y

n/a

n (because of tone)

Tsonga

S53?

no

(?)mo/mw/m

y

n?

n (because of tone)

n

Tsonga

S53?

mi(

*wi

y

y

n (because of tone)

n

(probably)